Posts Tagged ‘Intelligence Reform’

According to details that have emerged in recent days, one of the perpetrators of last Wednesday’s terrorist attack in Paris had trained in Yemen with al-Qaeda’s affiliated there and has been known for years to...

A group of reputable open government and civil liberties advocates wrote a letter to the House leadership last week recommending a series of reforms to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and to...

Here is what caught our eye in the world of intelligence this week: The Sony Pictures hack has temporarily eclipsed controversy over the Senate’s interrogation report and raised broad questions about deterrence and escalation...

Here is what caught our eye in the world of intelligence last week: The Senate Intelligence Committee will be getting a new chair following Republican victories in the midterm elections. Set to take over is Richard Burr (R-NC),...

We recently read in both Foreign Policy and Politico that the Senate will become a much friendlier place for the Intelligence Community once the Republicans—specifically Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina—take charge of...

In a recent conversation with a colleague, I remarked the ODNI needed a policy shop, just like the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff or the Pentagon’s Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Such an office...

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, this summer CIA released private emails between agents and agency higher-ups about an important internal matter. The emails did not concern potential counterintelligence...